animators

plural of animator

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Recent Examples of animators All three animators who spoke to USA TODAY asked to remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation from others in the music industry and harassment online. Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026 The visual effects artists and animators then got to work creating digital Martians that would have the handmade, idiosyncratic style Burton originally intended to achieve with stop-motion. Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026 Studios are firing skilled animators, then rehiring them to fix what the models get wrong. Sadev Parikh, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2026 And the animators threw some fun curveballs, including making the embodiment of evil into a shirtless hottie that would make even shirtless Kirk jealous. Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026 So many people are doing amazing things on the show, like our dope writers and animators. Dominique Fluker, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The team included three animators, two screenwriters, three sound producers, a sound supervisor and a color artist, while the company hired native Kazakh actors to voice the characters. Corbin Bolies, Variety, 22 July 2026 Unless valid challenges are presented, a group of 137 workers at the studio including animators, digital puppetry artists, CG modelers and other workers will soon join the union. Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026 However, if a sequence calls for rapid, snappy action, animators typically go back to shooting on ones, creating a full 24 frames for every second. Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for animators
Noun
  • The main straightaways will be Pennsylvania Avenue and Independence Avenue, where drivers will rev their race cars to speeds more than seven times faster than the normal speed limit of 25 mph.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, when a tire runs out of tread, drivers will have to buy the alternative, which are more expensive.
    Tom Wait, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Still, many local law enforcement agencies using Flock work with federal immigration authorities, including through federal 287(g) agreements.
    Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Firms in the Program may receive threat information from other private entities and from federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial agencies, and may propose operations to the NCC.
    Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Mitchell Zuckerman, a cofounder of Art Market Advisors and a former Sotheby’s executive, told me that executors and beneficiaries frequently choose guarantees.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • That’s why disputes over executors and other estate fiduciaries are among the most common issues raised in probate litigation.
    Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • Emergency generators in each building only provide lighting to approximately 10% of the light fixtures and do not operate mechanical systems such as air conditioning or water heaters.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Budge estimated that the furniture store was among the city’s largest generators of sales tax revenue and said the wheel was a symbol of its success.
    Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The study adds a new wrinkle to the ongoing debate over whether these increasingly expensive corporate incentives are worth their cost to taxpayers.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The merger threatens to push production further abroad amid an already ongoing exodus, as well as to other states with cushy tax incentives.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • These two signings alone will be one of the catalysts for a salary cap.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The key is to separate product admiration from rigorous financial analysis, focusing on market expectations, ownership, and catalysts over the consumer experience.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Between these stimuli, strange thoughts move through my semi-conscious mind, the kind of free association that feels normal in sleep and bizarre in life.
    Veronique Greenwood, Time, 18 Aug. 2026
  • How 40 Hz Sound Therapy Works The treatment is called GENUS, short for gamma entrainment using sensory stimuli.
    Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • Tons of our style inspirations have been sporting the pants, including Jennifer Aniston, Anne Hathaway, and D’Arcy Carden who all wore monochromatic black looks.
    Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The conversation will explore his cinematic and cultural inspirations and reflect on the early short films, community, and collaborations that helped shape his unique artistic voice.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026

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